HB 324

ENROLLED
 2026 Regular Session
  ACT No. 793
 HOUSE BILL NO. 324
 BY REPRESENTATIVE VILLIO AND SENATORS BARROW, BOUDREAUX,
  CARTER, CONNICK, HARRIS, JACKSON-ANDREWS, JENKINS, LUNEAU,
  PRICE, AND WOMACK AND REPRESENTATIVE CHASSION
1AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 13:51, relative to judicial salaries; to provide for salary increases for judges
3of the Louisiana Supreme Court, courts of appeal, district courts, city courts, and
4parish courts; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6Section 1. R.S. 13:51 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7§51. Salary as recommended by the Judicial Compensation Commission
8A.(1) The supplement paid pursuant to and authorized by Section 5 of Act
9390 of the 2025 Regular Session of the Legislature shall terminate on June 30, 2026,
10but shall be continued as a cost of living adjustment to salary effective on July 1,
112026.
12(2) On July 1, 2026, after adjustment pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this
13Subsection and subject to the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, the actual
14salary of the judges of the Louisiana Supreme Court, courts of appeal, and district
15courts and the state-paid actual salary of the judges of the city courts and parish
16courts shall reflect the recommended cost of living adjustment and be increased by
17the amount recommended by the Judicial Compensation Commission reflecting a
18total increase of less than two percent for each year since the last increase as follows:
19(a) Twelve thousand one hundred twenty-nine dollars for the justices of the
20Louisiana Supreme Court.
21(b) Eleven thousand four hundred thirty-one dollars for the judges of the
22courts of appeal.
23(c) Ten thousand seven hundred twenty-three dollars for the judges of the
24district courts.
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1(d) An amount for judges of the city and parish courts that would increase
2the state-paid salary of the judges by the same percentage as district court judges.
3(3) On July 1, 2027, the actual salary of the judges of the Louisiana Supreme
4Court, courts of appeal, and district courts and the state-paid actual salary of the
5judges of the city courts and parish courts shall be increased by two and seven tenths
6percent.
7B. The cost of living adjustment authorized pursuant to Paragraph (A)(2) of
8this Section for Fiscal Year 2026-27 shall be funded by the judiciary itself upon
9certification by the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana Judicial Budgetary
10Control Board that the judiciary has sufficient reserves to satisfy the obligation.
  SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
  GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
 APPROVED:
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